Rufus and Friends:School Days

Iza Trapani (author), Iza Trapani (illustrator)

Description

Spend a day in school!
Rufus and his friends spend a day in school reading, writing, counting, singing--and making mischief in the library.
Best-selling author/illustrator Iza Trapani extends fourteen nursery rhymes, including, "The Ants Go Marching," "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe," and "A Diller, a Dollar," in this celebration of school.
This book is good for your brain because:
Starting School, Poetry, Emergent Reader, Picture Text Connection

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